"Quite frankly, all the players are getting paid too much and all the contracts are too long," general manager Lou Lamoriello said. "But if you want to compete in this market and you want to win, there are some things you have to do."

I brought up the fact that we'd see Moose soon enough in the last GDT but I have to wonder if Moose's talents are better served vs. the Isles in two games than against Boston tomorrow.

The team plays completely different in front of Moose (or any backup, for that matter) then they do Marty. That's what Pete is hoping for by this change I would think...OR...he feels because of the shortened camp and no preseason, he doesn't want Marty to have a heavy workload in the beginning to get into "game shape"

I'm more inclined to believe the former then the latter just because the team played like complete sh!t for most of the game in front of Marty